Do gastrointestinal transit times and colonic dimensions change with time since spinal cord injury?

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 549-553

  Faaborg, P M ^a   Christensen, P ^a   Rosenkilde, M ^a   Laurberg, S ^a   Krogh, K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

constipation; megacolon and colonic dimensions; neurogenic bowel dysfunction; total gastrointestinal transit time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CECUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEGACOLON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSVERSE COLON;

ADULT; AGED; COLON; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953308843     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.162     Document Type: Article

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